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My first earth geocache
... in one piece in just under 4 hours, and to my relief, this place is nice!
I'm sitting out on the patio in a quiet residential area that looks down onto the lake, well away from the hustle and bustle of the city. And it's not raining - yay! I'm happy....
Happy Christmas to all for tomorrow... fortunately there is little sign of Christmas here so I'm even more happy :)!
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Ella – That Gap
... me be clear here, Ella has a fine rock, but she has an absolutely wonderful gap, probably the best gap I have ever laid eyes on, truly remarkable. Seriously though, the views seen through the cleft in the hills to the plains below are incredible and possibly the finest views in Sri Lanka.
We also walked up to the train station to enquire about our onward train and while walking back were invited by a local woman to visit her new restaurant. We ...
Scammers and Hiking in Ella
... a cabbage farm. A Sri Lankan lady at the bottom was waving her arms and beckoning us down. At the bottom there was in fact a bridge, not a log one but we never follow the LP word for word as half of it is incorrect or out of date. We crossed the bridge and headed in the direction the lady had pointed us in....After a few minutes the lady appeared behind us flapping her arms about saying we had gone the wrong way. She told ...
Tea and Rocks!
This journey was again amazing – climbing over the mountains, through tea plantations, looking across the mountains down to the plains below, untouched forest, monkeys, locals walking along the train tracks, green paddy fields and vegetable fields – so beautiful. Laurent (who we met in Kandy) got on the train at Hatton after climbing Adam’s Peak (5200 steps / 2.5 hours – no thank you very much). It was great to hear about his experience climbing the peak, which is ...
Relaxing in Ella, Ella, Ella...
... had just crashed his canteen space but we were allowed to stay on the proviso that we "help" when he needed it. NO PROBLEM!
We managed to shove our bags into a corner and sat on a wooden box at the far end from the serving end of the canteen, next to a little open window peering into the rest of the over packed carriage. Did we get some looks from the other Sri Lankans that were standing shoulder to shoulder in the carriage on either side of the canteen! But when we ...


